What to Do if You're Not Seeing Your Apple Fitness+ 3-Month Free Trial Offer

[MacRumors]

Before Apple Fitness+ launched on Monday, Apple advertised a promotion that allowed all customers who purchased an Apple Watch Series 6, SE, or Series 3 a free three-month free trial of Fitness+. However, while that free three-month trial is meant to activate automatically and be available when first signing up for Fitness+, many people that should be eligible for the 3-month trial are instead being offered a standard 1-month trial.

Several users have contacted Apple Support about the problem, but there's a way to resolve the issue manually that's likely to be faster for many people than waiting to hear back.

The steps below take you through the process of unpairing your Apple Watch from your iPhone and then re-pairing it, after which you should see your three-month trial in the Fitness app. It should take about 15 minutes in all, although bear in mind that if you use Apple Pay on your Apple Watch then you'll need to set it up again afterwards, which is easier to do with some card issuers than others. It's also worth noting that this method only works if you haven't already accepted the one-month trial.

How to Get Your Apple Watch Fitness+ 3-Month Trial

1. Make sure your iPhone and Apple Watch are updated to iOS 14.3 and watchOS 7.2, respectively.
2. Open the Watch app on your iPhone.
3. Tap the My Watch tab in the bottom-left corner of the screen, then select All Watches in the top-left corner.
4. Under My Watches, tap the Info button (the encircled "i" icon) next to the watch that you want to unpair.
   
   
   
   Tap Unpair Apple Watch, then tap again to confirm. (For GPS + Cellular models, choose to keep your cellular plan.)
5. Enter your Apple ID password to confirm once again.
6. Once your watch is unpaired, the Watch app will invite you to Start Pairing an Apple Watch.
   
   
   
   When prompted, position your iPhone so that your Apple Watch appears in the viewfinder in the Apple Watch app.
7. Tap Set Up Apple Watch, then follow the instructions on your iPhone and Apple Watch to finish setup, and remember to choose your most recent Apple Watch iCloud backup to restore when prompted.

Now that you've re-paired your Apple Watch to your iPhone, enter the Fitness app, tap the Fitness+ tab, and you should see an option to "Start 3 Months Free."

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[Wobbly Chairs]

Honestly, for all the hoo hah of doing this with a cellular+GPS watch I’d rather skip Apple Fitness+ altogether.

 

[metabob]

Fitness+ is only available in selected countries, for some reason I cannot understand, so check that before wasting time with all these steps!

 

[Substance90]

Now that would make an Apple Watch more attractive at its considerable price point. If it were included.

 

[Spacetime Anomaly]

Rocky didn't need any fitness apps when he was doing hanging sit-ups in a barn in Russia.

 

[James_C]

These steps work, had to do it this morning to get the 3 month trial. A pity Apple could not get this to work for all eligible people, without having to unpair and pair again.

 

[error]

Fitness+ is only available in selected countries, for some reason I cannot understand

American First Apple only hired English-speaking instructors… so 'foreign' countries with other main languages have to wait. China will be next I guess.

 

[sw1tcher]

Rocky didn't need any fitness apps when he was doing hanging sit-ups in a barn in Russia.

That's because he got to where he was in Rocky IV with the help of a team of trainers in Rock I, II, and III

 

[Spacetime Anomaly]

That's because he got to where he was in Rocky IV with the help of a team of trainers in Rock I, II, and III

Mickey+

 

[itsmeaustend]

Fitness+ is only available in selected countries, for some reason I cannot understand, so check that before wasting time with all these steps!

Some countries have laws preventing English only apps (or apps not in their native language). This doesn’t explain why some English countries were excluded though.

There’s other reasons, but this is one of them.

 

[nibster]

Isn't this another example of the problem of having two Apple IDs - one for devices, and one for app store purchases? It has driven me crazy. I bought a new MacBook Pro and logged into in on my Apple ID I use for devices, but then the free one year trial of Apple TV+ is now associated with my device Apple ID, not the one i use in the iTunes store etc for purchasing media. This situation was created by the way that Apple set up the iTunes store a long time ago; by design, a lot of us have two different Apple IDs - it's acknowledged in the way that the interfaces for these devices allow you to include another Apple ID for "purchases" of content. I want to merge these and just have one account, but this isn't possible.

Now i have to log out of one Apple ID and log into another to see Apple TV+ on my Apple TV. This looks like the same issue again with Apple Watches. It's a stupid situation!

 

[thenffc]

Contacted apple directly after not being offer 3 months with my series 6 watch - they gave me a voucher for 4 months free use - its worth contacting them rather than pairing again.

 

[delta0]

When do we have to activate this by? I’m thinking of delaying it to January before activating.

 

[ryancgoodfellow]

I am one of the people that contacted them about this via the Support chat. What a dismal experience! Over the course of 3 hours, I was passed on to 3 agents who never bothered to scroll through the chat history. Had to repeat myself each time.
Like another user, they did give me 4 months, so I guess that’s one benefit. Still - not sure whether I’d rather contact them again for just follow the steps above.

 

[MrMoonUK]

Apple support is trash I have had 3 agents now say they are checking to resolve and then they close the chat...

I’m not unpairing cos then I have to call my bank to add apple pay cards

 

[The Game 161]

Or just contact apple support chat and they will fix..took me 15 mins tops

 

[The Game 161]

Apple support is trash I have had 3 agents now say they are checking to resolve and then they close the chat...

I’m not unpairing cos then I have to call my bank to add apple pay cards

Weird I got transferred to a senior advisor who set me up with a code straight away.

 

[The Game 161]

When do we have to activate this by? I’m thinking of delaying it to January before activating.

It’s only for a limited time so I wouldn’t wait that long

 

[RonD69]

For those that don’t have an Apple TV, but has the subscription to Fitness+, the Fitness+ app lacks airplay to broadcast to my Samsung TV.

 

[PhyrePhox]

I can confirm this worked for me, for an Apple Watch 6 I purchased in September, in Canada.

 

[RonD69]

I can confirm this worked for me, for an Apple Watch 6 I purchased in September, in Canada.

It works for me too, on my iPad and my iPhone. But I’d like the ability to AirPlay it on my Samsung TV.

 

[seanbperiod]

Anyone know how to get the Best Buy offer of an additional month for watch purchases before September? Bought the series 5 back in May..

 

[Mike_Trivisonno]

I just get on my Oartec DX and row for 9 to 12 kilometers each day. On alternate days, I wear a 35 pound weighted vest. Simple. No need for an Apple app to stay in shape, people.

 

[RonD69]

Anyone know how to get the Best Buy offer of an additional month for watch purchases before September? Bought the series 5 back in May..

I bought my Samsung from BestBuy with that free APPLE TV+. I received an email from BestBuy on how to claim the free trial offer after I picked up my TV.

 

[l3it3r]

Just finished my first fitness + spinning class. Worth it. Very well made, integrated with Apple Watch/iPadOS, and just really satisfying overall Will be doing this daily for sure.